He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.